NBA’s aging star system

On November 11, the Lakers came to Portland to face the Trail Blazers.

After Aldridge left, the Trail Blazers were supported by Lillard, and their current record is 4 wins and 4 losses.

In the Wild West, it is still difficult to enter the playoffs with a 50% winning rate, so Lillard has been anxious recently.

Last season, the Trail Blazers had 41 wins and 41 losses, a winning rate of just %, and entered the playoffs in eighth place.

Unfortunately, they met the championship team Golden State Warriors in the first round and were sent home directly by the Warriors.

For Lillard, who has always been very ambitious, this season is a season to realize his ambitions.

The Blazers' starting lineup is Lillard, CJ McCollum, Maurice Harkless, Noah Vonleh, and Nurkic.

What needs attention is naturally the pair of double guns in the backcourt.

Nurkic just came to the Trail Blazers from the Nuggets last season and has not yet reached his peak period.

However, Su Tian recognizes Nurkic's strength, and Su Tian is also worried that Lopez will not be able to guard the opponent.

McCollum has been averaging more than 15 points per game since the 16-20 season.

Needless to say, Lillard is the Blazers' star and the core of the team.

The Lakers still used the starting lineup from the previous game. Randall finally broke out, but Nance also had a small explosion.

But now Randall is no longer sad, but trains harder and strives to start as soon as possible.

In the first quarter, with Su Tian guarding Lillard, the Trail Blazers did not show a strong offense and were tied 50-50 with the Lakers.

But after Su Tian took a break in the second quarter, Lillard began to show his killer qualities, hitting the basket many times and causing fouls, suppressing the Lakers for a while.

It wasn't until Su Tian came on the court again that the situation on the field eased.

At the end of the first half, the score reached 62-66, and the Lakers were temporarily 4 points behind.

This is also the first time the Lakers have fallen behind at halftime since the start of the season.

In the third quarter, Su Tian continued to play, and Walton wanted to regain the lead.

Lillard faced Su Tian again and was indeed restricted, but the inside line was lost as Su Tian expected.

Neither Lopez nor Nance could stop Nurkic's impact, allowing Nurkic to score wildly in the paint.

Fortunately, Su Tian was also constantly catching up on the outside. Halfway through the third quarter, the two teams were tied.

At this time, Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts called a timeout and prepared to strengthen the defensive arrangement against Su Tian.

Wharton also came to Su Tian's side, "How about Su, do you still have enough strength? Do you want to rest for a while?"

Su Tian looked at the scoreboard and said, "Don't worry, coach, you have enough energy and you don't need to rest."

Wharton nodded when he heard it. If Su Tian didn't rest, Wharton would feel more relieved.

Soon, the timeout ended and the game continued.

As soon as Lillard came up, he passed the ball directly to Nurkic inside, and Nurkic hit Lopez on his back.

Nance on the side saw Nurkic playing from behind again, so he had to step forward to help prevent interference. Lopez was really unable to withstand the opponent alone.

Nurkic saw Nance coming to double-team, so he quickly turned around and shot a hook shot before Nance arrived.

As the shooting speed increased, it was indeed not interfered by Nance, but it also affected Nurkic's original shooting feel.

boom--

Basketball is playing iron, and three big men under the basket start fighting for rebounds.

Lopez took the opportunity to jam Nurkic, preventing Nurkic from jumping, and then Nance successfully collected the rebound.

Seeing Nance successfully collect the rebound, Su Tian quickly stepped forward to catch the ball and advanced directly after receiving the ball.

Although Su Tian also wanted to push the switch, the Blazers' backcourt was not slow and they were double-teamed when Su Tian just came to the midfield line.

Although he was double-teamed, Su Tian did not panic at all. He first looked up to observe the position of his teammates, and then passed a long pass directly to Ingram who was running in front.

Ingram took three steps directly after receiving the ball and made an easy layup.

Seeing Ingram scoring a layup, Lillard looked very serious.

Lillard did not agree with the strategy of defending Su Tianshang from double-teaming, because Lillard knew that once he was double-teamed, Su Tian's pass would completely crush the Blazers.

But there is no way, who can't let Su Tian go.

The ball was transferred and Lillard came to the frontcourt with the ball.

Seeing Su Tian who was ready to defend, Lillard used the pick-and-roll to break through directly, hoping to continue to rush to the basket and get fouled.

But the moment Lillard took a layup, Su Tian caught the flaw and directly caused a steal.

Su Tian, ​​who grabbed the ball, turned around and pushed directly for the conversion. When Lillard reacted and chased after him, he was already two steps away from Su Tian.

Su Tian took the lead and came to the front basket, jumped up high and dunked with one hand.

After two consecutive defensive counterattacks, the point difference came to 4 points.

Lillard wanted to lead the team to counterattack, but unfortunately, the current coach Lillard was not in his peak period yet, and was suppressed by Su Tian. We can only give the ball to Nurkic and let Nurkic penetrate the inside one by one.

At the end of the third quarter, the score reached 89-87, with the Lakers leading by 2 points.

In the third quarter, under the leadership of Su Tian, ​​the Lakers recovered 6 points and successfully took the lead, but it also consumed a lot of Su Tian's physical strength.

During the break, Wharton looked at Su Tian who was panting heavily and hesitated to speak.

Wharton felt that Su Tian should be allowed to rest for a while, but the situation in this situation really wouldn't work without Su Tian.

Su Tian seemed to see Wharton's worry and walked to Wharton's side.

"Coach, don't worry, leave the fourth quarter to me."

Seeing that Su Tian was so confident, Wharton nodded.

Soon, the fourth quarter began. In order to match Su Tian with suitable teammates, Walton directly put the entire main lineup on the Lakers.

The Trail Blazers did not expect that the Lakers would use all their main players from the beginning and still arrange a regular rotation lineup.

Therefore, in the first few rounds, Su Tian was on full fire, and no one on the Trail Blazers could keep up.

Within a few rounds, the score difference reached 10 points, and Stotts had to call a timeout.

"Looking at this kid sweating like rain, I thought it would take a lot of physical strength, but I didn't expect it to be so intense!"

Wharton was amazed when he saw Su Tian's performance in the fourth quarter, marveling at the strength of Su Tian's mental attributes.

Soon, after the timeout, the Trail Blazers also put on their full lineup, and the decisive battle began early.

Lillard rested off the court for a while and clearly felt that Su Tian was stronger than in the first three quarters.

Lillard didn't know if it was his illusion, so he decided to come up and test Su Tian's depth.

After Lillard came to the frontcourt with the ball, he directly faced Su Tian's defense, called Nurkic to pick and roll, and used the pick and roll to break through to the basket.

At this time, Lopez followed Nurkic out, and the basket was empty. Only Su Tian defended next to Lillard.

After the two came all the way to the basket, Lillard collected the ball and took off to prepare for a layup.